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September 02, 2015

Chicago Tribune: Digital manufacturing lab pledges $500,000 to jobs campaign

By Alejandra Cancino, Chicago Tribune

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September 02, 2015

The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute Formalizes Partnership with 1000 Jobs for Chicagoland Manufacturing

Applied research and commercialization engine enters into first project for workforce development

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September 01, 2015

Request for Proposal: Branding and Marketing Support

World Business Chicago (WBC) is in the process of developing an organization to simplify the access to capital for small businesses in Chicago. As a key component of this endeavor, WBC is…

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September 01, 2015

Chicago Metro Unemployment Decreases to 5.9% in July 2015

This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released preliminary July 2015 unemployment rates for all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the local…

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August 31, 2015

Index Shows Midwest Economic Growth Slowed in July

This morning, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago released July 2015 figures for its Midwest Economy Index (MEI). The MEI is a weighted average of 129 indicators designed to measure non-farm…

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August 27, 2015

Local Unemployment Trends July 2015

Today, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) released preliminary July 2015 unemployment rates for municipalities across the state based on the current population survey (or “household survey”). The following brief summarizes this…

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August 25, 2015

Case-Shiller Home Price Index

Today, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) released June 2015 values for its Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks the prices of existing single-family homes in 20 U.S. metro areas. The index…

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August 20, 2015

July Home Prices and Sales Up Over Last Year

This morning, the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) reported that residential sales in the city of Chicago increased by 9.7% since last year, with 2,989 sales in July 2015 compared…

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